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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Maddie Thomas

Zest is best: mandarins and navel oranges among Australia’s best-value fruit and veg for May

Mandarins with leaves on a wooden table.
Imperial mandarins are about to peak. Photograph: Huizeng Hu/Getty Images

“We’re getting into a lot of citrus lines,” says Tony Polistina, co-owner of Forestway Fresh in Sydney’s Terrey Hills. “Australian navels started this week.”

Navel oranges are about $5.50 a kilo for now, but Imperial mandarins from Queensland are about to hit their peak, already as low as $3 a kilo.

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